MANAGEMENT AND THE AGENCY COUNCIL

Prezes PANA Jacek Gdański

Jacek Gdański, Chair

A graduate of the University of Gdańsk and the National School of Public Administration (KSAP) in Warsaw, he also completed postgraduate studies in Risk Management at the Warsaw School of Economics (SGH) and the Real Estate Economics and Finance programme at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).

A manager with nearly 30 years of experience in public institutions and commercial companies. Among other positions, he served as Deputy Director of the Accounting Department and Director General at the Ministry of Finance, Vice President for Finance at the National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management, President of the Management Board of Polski Gaz TUW, and Member of the Management Board of PHN S.A. He has been a long-standing member of supervisory boards and audit committees of public-interest entities.
 
He is a certified statutory auditor. He served as a member of the Audit Oversight Commission (2017–2020) and as a member of the Accounting Standards Committee during its first, second and third terms of office. A FIDE Grandmaster, he has represented Poland on numerous occasions and has won multiple Polish Chess Championships.
 
He is fluent in English, Russian and Swedish.

Dariusz Daniluk, Deputy Chair

Deputy Chair of the Polish Agency for Audit Oversight since 1 September 2024.
 
A graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw, he also completed postgraduate studies in International Banking and Finance at the University of Southampton, United Kingdom.
 
From 2008 to 2011, he served as Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Finance and Chief Public Finance Discipline Spokesperson. During this period, he was also Chairman of the Ministry’s IT Council and Audit Committee, as well as Chairman of the Audit Oversight Commission. Until 2011, he was a member of the Polish Financial Supervision Authority (PFSA) and Chairman of the Council of the Bank Guarantee Fund (BGF).
 
A manager with extensive experience in both the public and private sectors. Among other positions, he served as Vice President and President of the Management Board of Bank Ochrony Środowiska S.A. (2014–2016), President of the Management Board of Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego (2011–2013), Director of the Internal Audit Department at the National Bank of Poland, and a member of the Internal Auditors Committee (IAC) of the European Central Bank (2002–2008). He has also served as an independent member of supervisory boards and audit committees of listed companies.
 
He is the author and co-author of numerous publications, including books, on banking law, banking supervision, financial services regulation, and European integration. A long-standing academic lecturer, he served as President of the Institute of Internal Auditors Poland (IIA Poland) and President of the European Association of Public Banks (EAPB).
Zastępca prezesa PANA Dariusz Daniluk
The second-term Council of the Polish Agency for Audit Oversight comprises the following members:
  • Jacek Gdański – Chair of the Agency;
  • Dariusz Daniluk – Deputy Chair of the Agency;
  • Joanna Stachura – representative of the Minister of Finance;
  • Marta Niżałowska-Pactwa – representative of the Minister of Finance;
  • Wojciech Kutyła – representative of the Minister of Justice;
  • Marcin Mikołajczyk – representative of the Polish Financial Supervision Authority (PFSA);
  • Magdalena Wysocka – representative of the Polish Financial Supervision Authority (PFSA);
  • Joanna Wielgórska-Leszczyńska – representative of the Polish Chamber of Statutory Auditors;
  • Piotr Kamiński – representative of employers’ organisations;
  • Marcin Rulnicki – representative of the Warsaw Stock Exchange.